Please place any best practices or links to resources that you have found useful in teaching middle school Social Studies.
MEMS Team 4 Magazine: Still in the publishing phase, students are writing, drawing and making movies on Native Nations in the United States. Each class represents a different geographical region of the US and within the class students chose a Native Nation from that region. The teams of students were made up of artists, writers and movie makers. The writing was a summary of basic information about the nation, the pictures enhanced the information in the writing and the movie was based on either a 'famous' person from the nation or a myth/legend from the culture. In the end, the students were working as a team to meet requirements on a deadline, produce a published product and gain valuable content and skill information. Magazine Article RubricNative Nations Movie Rubric (D. Laufenberg-MEMS)
Power of One Project: Curricular project linked to the Paul Rusesabagina visit... here is an example of the final product for one of the students.
MEMS Team 4 Magazine: Still in the publishing phase, students are writing, drawing and making movies on Native Nations in the United States. Each class represents a different geographical region of the US and within the class students chose a Native Nation from that region. The teams of students were made up of artists, writers and movie makers. The writing was a summary of basic information about the nation, the pictures enhanced the information in the writing and the movie was based on either a 'famous' person from the nation or a myth/legend from the culture. In the end, the students were working as a team to meet requirements on a deadline, produce a published product and gain valuable content and skill information. Magazine Article Rubric Native Nations Movie Rubric (D. Laufenberg-MEMS)
Power of One Project: Curricular project linked to the Paul Rusesabagina visit... here is an example of the final product for one of the students.
(D. Laufenberg-MEMS)